I saw one this weekend, all matte black, with shallow 30mm rims. It looks pretty sexy. It puts the attention on the frame, rather than the wheelset. I think that frame, being as beefy as it is, just looks TOO beefy when paired with 60mm+ deep rims.

You have a valid reason for upgrading your frame, get the Venge and then save for some aero wheels to finish it off. Otherwise see if you can find an SWorks SL4 at a good price. All depends on what you want in the long term

it could be debated that riding deep (808's?) on a training ride is "fred". I vote in the who cares category. I would advise however to save for a second set of wheels, maybe a third set of wheels too. Life is to short for one set of wheels

One good thing about those Mavics is that the brake track is the same color as the rest of the rim. I think you are almost guaranteed that is will look good with any bike...especially if you can delabel the yellow stickers if necessary.

I have some delabeled Reynolds 32mm carbon hoops with black spokes and hubs and it looks really good on my boxy Giant SLR ADV SL as well as my P2c TT bike. I know the depth is a little different but I think the key to the aesthetics in this instance is that you don't have the silver aluminum brake track.

BTW a buddy has an S5 and runs C24s until his Mad Fibers come in. I don't think it looks that great but I still would not hesitate to roll it that way either.

Not a big deal, just SLIGHTLY odd to see an aero frame on non-aero wheels. But if you don't run into people so anal about gear like you see on ww, you should be just fine. I bet the bike would look nicer than 95% of the bikes on the road anyway.

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